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I'm trying to find the whereabouts of Lucy Laura Baxter born in Bury St Edmunds In 1851 to Nathaniel and Lucy Baxter can't find her after the 1861 census. Thank you.

Can you post the 1861 census please as I can't find it?

Kath. x

I can't get it on ancestry, but my brother has got it on family tree they are living in Bury St Edmunds at cannon place, her father is a shoemaker.

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
45, Cannon Place, St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Nathaniel Baxter Head Married Male 57 1804 Shoemaker Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Lucy Baxter Wife Married Female 37 1824 Dressmaker Suffolk, England
John Baxter Son Unmarried Male 15 1846 Shoemaker Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Lewis Baxter Son - Male 12 1849 Closer Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Laura Baxter Daughter - Female 10 1851 Scholar Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Anna Baxter Daughter - Female 6 1855 Scholar Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
William Baxter Son - Male 4 1857 Scholar Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

For ref 1851:

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
45, Short Brackland Cannon Place, St James, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Nathaniel Baxter Head Married Male 47 1804 Shoemaker Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Ley Baxter Wife Married Female 27 1824 - Troston, Suffolk, England
Nathaniel Baxter Son Unmarried Male 15 1836 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Eliza Baxter Daughter - Female 11 1840 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
John Baxter Son - Male 5 1846 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Lucy Laura Baxter Daughter - Female 0 1851 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

Just whilst looking - do you have her baptism

Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 Transcription

First name(s) Lucy Laura
Last name Baxter
Birth year 1852
Baptism year 1852
Baptism date 12 Oct 1852
Parish Bury St Edmunds, St John
Place Bury St Edmunds
Relationship Daughter
Father's first name(s) Nathaniel
Mothers first name(s) Lucy
Father's occupation Cordwainer
Notes Born 13 Feb 1851. Late Downs. Cannon Pl
County Suffolk
Country England
Source Suffolk Baptism Index (part 3)
Entry number 2937
Record set Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911

Thank you

This looks like the family in 1871:-

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Short Brackland, St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

Nathaniel Baxter Head - Male 67 1804 - Suffolk, England
Lucey Baxter Wife - Female 47 1824 - Suffolk, England
William Baxter Son - Male 14 1857 - Suffolk, England
Rosa Baxter Daughter - Female 8 1863 - Suffolk, England
Frank Baxter Son - Male 5 1866 - Suffolk, England
Lucey Baxter - - Female 2 1869 - Suffolk, England

EDIT - no, I think this is another family.

Kath. x

yes I do, thank you.

But not the right Lucy Kathleen. Thank you.

yes is the right family Kathleen, though Lucy laura not on that one.

It is the same family- same address

Is this Lucy Laura in 1881? :-

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
48, Short Brackland, Bury St Edmunds St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Nathaniel Baxter Head Married Male 77 1804 Shoemaker Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Lucy Baxter Wife Married Female 56 1825 - Troston, Suffolk, England
Lucy Baxter Daughter Single Female 12 1869 - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
William Clack Or Clark Lodger Widower Male 67 1814 Shoemaker Hawstead, Suffolk, England

The age doesn't fit but the parents seem right. Did the first Lucy Laura die?

Kath. x

No this is her sister Lucy who was born in 1869. Lots of Lucy's lol

this could be lucy in 1871


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Lucy Baxter

England and Wales Census, 1871

Name Lucy Baxter
Event Type Census
Event Date 1871
Event Place St Peter Mancroft, Norfolk, England
Enumeration District 15
Gender Female
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Occupation Nursemaid
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Birth Year (Estimated) 1851
Birthplace Suffolk
Entry Number 20
Affiliate Image Identifier GBC/1871/1817/0103



Household

Role

Gender

Age

Birthplace

Charles Cubitt Head M 38 Norwich, Norfolk
Laura Maria Cubitt Wife F 32 Kimberley, Norfolk
Helen Laura Cubitt Daughter F 0 Kimberley, Norfolk
Elizabeth Gladden Nurse F 41 Necton, Norfolk
Jane Eales Servant F 21 Potter Brompton, Norfolk
Lucy Baxter Servant F 20 Suffolk

Can't find anything out about Lucy Laura after 1861 or if she just became laura.

So I suppose the Lucy you are looking for goes by the name Laura?

Kath. x

IF Lucy born 1869 is "her sister" then it would seem to me to imply that the first Lucy Laura has died. Either that or Lucy 1869 is the illegitimate daughter of a female sibling of the older Lucy or daughter of a brother.

Oh could be Malyon. Thank you

The Lucy posted above by Malyon is shown to be born Fressingfield, some distance from Bury St Edmunds. There is a birth in that area and a baptism @ Fressingfield d/o Joseph and Susan

Meanwhile there is this baptism -

Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 Transcription

First name(s) Lucy
Last name Baxter
Birth year 1869
Baptism year 1869
Baptism date 21 Jan 1869
Parish Bury St Edmunds, St John
Place Bury St Edmunds
Relationship Daughter
Father's first name(s) Nathaniel
Mothers first name(s) Lucy
Father's occupation Cordwainer
Notes Born 24 Dec 1868. Private Baptism. Late Downes. Cannon Pl
County Suffolk
Country England
Source Suffolk Baptism Index (part 3)
Entry number 2935
Record set Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records